Congo confirms two Ebola deaths

Officials think strain of virus different from West Africa’s

By Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports

Posted: August 25, 2014 at 3:51 a.m.

Credit: AP
American Aid goods are offloaded from an airplane, to be used in the fight against the Ebola virus spreading in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Two alarming new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria, widening the circle of people sickened beyond the immediate group of caregivers who treated a dying airline passenger in one of Africa's largest cities. The outbreak also continues to spread elsewhere in West Africa, with 142 more cases recorded, bringing the new total to 2,615 with 1,427 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

KINSHASA, Congo -- Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country's health minister said Sunday, though local officials believe the cases in the Central African country are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people.